Do we really car enough for others?
Delhi’s controversial odd-even car use scheme has brought the car centre stage. So far, Dilliwallahs seem to be evening out the odds. We now take the car for granted but there was a time when we sang chalti ka naam gaadi because the automobile was an exciting novelty: 50s and 60s Bollywood heroes wooed their lady loves by driving a Chevrolet Impala, a symbol of luxury like seductive bottles of Vat 69.
When Tanuja posed with a Chevvy in Haathi Mere Saathi, she became the perfect poster for a glamourous jeevan saathi. In the Nehruvian era, starting with the Dodge in the 50s to the Mercedes in the early 70s, only the rich had cars. Read More
